Understanding the Constitution: Why most federal land holdings are unconstitutional and why you should care
Here’s the most important underlying cause of the fires: federal land ownership.
Tenant eviction moratoria are more than unconstitutional; they’re insurrectionary
These orders, federal and state, and not merely unconstitutional. They are fundamentally anti-constitutional. They are at war with a fundamental reason the Constitution was adopted.
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Understanding the Constitution: How the document was composed
In drafting the U.S. Constitution, the framers composed a document unique for its balance and beauty.
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Understanding the Constitution: the force of the Preamble
The term “the people” was not, as sometimes claimed, limited to wealthy white males.
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Understanding the Constitution: the style of the preamble
Gouverneur Morris had been educated in Greek and Latin poetry, but in composing the preamble he wisely adopted meter appropriate to English. He heightened the effect with alliteration and near rhymes.
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Twitter v. Trump, Part 3: Trump’s best ‘free speech’ claim against Twitter
If the plaintiffs actually do uncover systematic efforts by the Biden administration and other Democratic officeholders to suppress freedom of speech and freedom of the press, this will be the most egregious abuse-of-power scandal in recent times.
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Trump v. Twitter, Part 2: Can a private company violate the First Amendment?
So, the theory goes, if Congress invited Twitter to exercise political censorship, then Congress violated the First Amendment. But this theory also has weaknesses . . . .
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Trump v. Twitter, Part 1: How social media censors abuse federal law
Social media’s power to censor must be exercised only to empower parents in protecting their children. . . . . It’s not a license for a company’s civic ignoramuses to impose their political prejudices on the rest of us.
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How the media misrepresent our liberal-leaning Supreme Court
The cases show that the Roberts court is committed to the case precedents through which the liberal 20th century justices re-wrote the Constitution.
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The liberal Supreme Court: A review of the recent term
The court doesn’t have a “conservative majority.” In constitutional cases at least, it leans toward the liberal side.
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Defending the Constitution: Secrets behind those ‘obscure’ provisions
Here are questions and answers addressing five of the Constitution’s less famous provisions.
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Supreme Court: property rights vs. labor unions
This is a rare case in which the liberal media’s imaginary “conservative Supreme Court majority” really showed up.
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